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2024 31

  1. Gaia loves making senses
  2. Autistic human animals – a factor in cultural metamorphosis
  3. The ability to relate deeply is the inability to conduct transactional busyness
  4. The inability to think hierarchically is the ability to think and live relationally
  5. Healing – Resisting internalised ableism
  6. Understanding your Autistic child
  7. Being part of the Earth in good company – our shared humanity
  8. The massive cognitive and emotional blind spot at the core of modernity
  9. Sowing the seeds for ecological and intersectional communal wellbeing
  10. Neurodivergent nervous systems and sensitivity profiles
  11. Ecocide® – Clearance sale! Buy now. Pay later.
  12. Appreciating the beauty and the limitations of human scale through the art of non-doing
  13. The living planet as a sacred relational ecology of care that weaves together all living beings
  14. Falling in love with human limitations – healing from anthropocentrism
  15. How much cognitive dissonance is in your life?
  16. How (the lack of) diversity in the way we collectively think about the future shapes the futures that are (im)possible
  17. Decolonising education
  18. The Division Between NeuroDiversity Advocates and The Rest of The World
  19. Composting money and power
  20. How safe do/did you feel growing up?
  21. Trust in Human Scale
  22. How unsafe do Autistic and intersectionally marginalised people feel in your presence?
  23. Understanding power and de-powering
  24. Co-Creating NeurodiVentures and A♾tistic Whānau
  25. Bringing human imagination down to Earth
  26. Celebrate the diversity of humankind – Embrace your weirdness
  27. Celebrating the infinitely diverse ways of being human
  28. Life defies the dehumanising cut-off points of the bell curve
  29. Life is relational and beyond human comprehension
  30. From artificial scarcity to ecologies of abundant care
  31. Life in the compost heap of the industrialised mono-cult

2023 29

  1. The ecological niche of A♾tistic peoples
  2. Intersectional solidarity and ecological wisdom
  3. De-powered dialogue
  4. Nurturing ecologies of care, healing, and wellbeing
  5. unWEIRDing Autistic ways of being
  6. Surviving + De-powering + Thriving
  7. Bringing our gifts to life
  8. Life is not a performance
  9. Life without the false God of Normality
  10. Coherent theories of human ways of being
  11. Autistic survival tools – Daoist philosophy
  12. Co-creating comprehensible ecologies of care beyond the human
  13. Life is, at bottom, diversity
  14. The evolution of cultural organisms
  15. The relational nervous system of open knowledge flows between human societies
  16. My family’s autism services are working for us, so we will probably lose them
  17. Autistic mutual aid – a factor of cultural evolution
  18. The possibilities and limitations of human agency
  19. Hypernormative Culture Awareness Month
  20. Coming back to life
  21. Name Synesthesia: Sorry, Rhona, and no offence, Gary
  22. Identity: Being denied access to my diagnosis has taken its toll
  23. Nurturing shared understanding in a deceptive world
  24. Event: N is for Neurodivergent: The Parables of the X-Men with Tré Ventour-Griffiths
  25. Collaborative niche construction
  26. Poetry: My Reflections on MLK Day and My Dreams for Nonspeakers
  27. An Introduction to Creepology: How to identify predators
  28. Book Review: I Will Die on This Hill
  29. Nurturing healthy Autistic relationships

2022 76

  1. Livestreaming Tuesday, January 3 with Stacia Langley, Max Benson’s Mother
  2. Healing from Autistic trauma
  3. What autistics mean when we say this world is not made for us: How fun activities push autistics into the margins
  4. Convergent and divergent cultural evolution
  5. Book Review: What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic by Annie Kotowicz
  6. Resolution for Inclusion: Autistics need deep, quality friendships
  7. Co-creating ecologies of caring and sharing
  8. You Can’t Expect Simple Answers to Complex Questions about Autistic Emotions
  9. Cultural evolution towards human scale
  10. Autistic people are not for sale
  11. Poetry: AuDHD
  12. Hypermobility Pain Hacks
  13. Being a Great Parent to Your Autistic Child at Fall Festivals and Halloween Events
  14. The timeless and universal architecture of safety
  15. Poetry: The Road.
  16. Repairing the human cultural immune system
  17. Who Am I? Printable Resource for Connecting with Your Core Self
  18. On Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, Codependency, & Identity: How to get out from behind the masks
  19. “Subnormal”: How a British Postwar Education Scandal Gives a Human Context for ‘Neurodivergence while Black’
  20. Autistic masking is why I have no friends
  21. My Brain Is Autistic
  22. Mental Health Therapy for Nonspeakers
  23. Autism: Not Such a Hidden Disability with Apraxia
  24. The Autistic Boy in the Unruly Body: A NeuroInclusive Story About Apraxia
  25. Co-creating a Centre of Autistic Culture in Auckland, Aotearoa
  26. Majestic Smokey Mountains
  27. How To Bond With Your Autistic Child Through Your Special Interests
  28. Poetry: My Fault
  29. Inside The Judge Rotenburg Center Live Event
  30. Worldwide #ShineOnMax Candlelight and Rocks Vigil
  31. A Letter of Support
  32. Questions for Glenda Crookes and Nathan Blenkush from Judge Rotenberg Center Regarding Electroshock Torture
  33. “Severe Autism” Is a Label that Tells You Nothing about an Autistic Person
  34. Education about Autistic culture, the ND paradigm, and the ND movement – for medical professionals, by Autistic people
  35. Press Release: Judge Rotenberg Center Threatens NeuroClastic with Defamation Suit
  36. Autistic ways of being, trauma, and diagnosis
  37. Free PDF download: Thin Slice Judgements and The Different World Autistics Inhabit
  38. LONG-READ – Autistic While Black in the UK: Masking, Codeswitching, and Other (Non)fictions
  39. The Performance of April and Autism Awareness Month
  40. Mental Health: Focusing Beyond the Individual
  41. The Big Gag: Autism science and autistic heresy
  42. Co-creating Autistic / ND communities
  43. April Is…
  44. Note to your younger self: Invisible magic
  45. Arresting Ableism; Insight and Experiences of a Nonspeaking Autistic
  46. Depowered feral Autistic relationships
  47. The Right to Privacy for Nonspeaking Autistics
  48. Dear Fellow Black Autistic, Your Autistic Experience Looks Different,
  49. An Open Letter to Autistic High Schoolers
  50. The Autistic pace of life in the ocean
  51. Poetry- La Noyée (The Drowned Girl)
  52. Poetry: Love, by Ben Breaux
  53. Dear Caribbean Autistic Teen,
  54. Autistic trauma peer support
  55. Autistic Listening: you cannot tell if I am paying attention
  56. When a Non-Autistic Child Is Raised by Autistic Parents, Their Experiences Are Similar to Autistics Raised by Non-Autistics
  57. Book Review: We’re Not Broken, Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia
  58. On the Impossibility of Getting Medical and Mental Health Care as an Autistic, Deaf, Black Woman with Chronic Illness
  59. Disney’s Encanto: They Don’t talk about Bruno, but We Autistics DO
  60. A Nonspeaker’s Letter to Young Autistics,
  61. The Human Rights Case Against Harmful Behaviour Modification for Autistic People
  62. An Open Letter to Multiracial Autistic Teens
  63. Neuroqueering the future: an Interview with Dr. Nick Walker- author of Neuroqueer Heresies
  64. An appeal to young autistic people to see the vulnerable, lonely souls who belong to our community but don’t know it yet
  65. Difficult Community Dialogues: On ABA, Evolution, Weaver Communication, and Intersectionality
  66. An Open Letter to South Asian Autistics
  67. I might be Autistic: Exploring and accepting my autism
  68. Poetry: Letter by Letter
  69. A Letter to Autistic Teens
  70. ANNOUNCEMENT: Champ Turner Has Been Pardoned
  71. The Double-Empathy Problem Is Clear When Autistic People Apply for Jobs
  72. Life with Autism, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Cats
  73. Open Letter to Young Autistics from a Nonspeaker
  74. A Letter to Black and Indigenous Autistic Teens
  75. How Filmmaking Helped Me Process The Pandemic And Autistic Masking
  76. A Letter to Autistic Teens: Know What You Deserve

2021 193

  1. My changing perceptions of “challenging behaviour” – reflections of a social care professional
  2. From pseudo-philosophical psychiatrists to openly Autistic culture
  3. Autism and Christmas
  4. How to Deal with Workplace Bullying
  5. Jane Eyre, Autistic Heroine
  6. Ode to my autistic ancestors
  7. Onwards: International panels on banning all forms of conversion therapies
  8. The Identity Theory of Autism: Values are not opinions to Autistics. We are our values.
  9. Moods of a morning
  10. How I Came to be Diagnosed with Autism at 55 Years of Age
  11. Autism and Relentless Analogizing: We make analogies about making analogies
  12. Autism and Going to the Doctor: How it feels from the inside
  13. Poetry: Cosmic Archaeologist
  14. Understanding human collective behaviour
  15. A Typer’s Freedom Dance
  16. The Social Convention of Holiday Gifts: An Autistic Nightmare
  17. Autistic people and the fear of death
  18. Poetry: The Nest
  19. A new poem: I’m Rightly Rogue
  20. Poetry: Anonymous
  21. The continuously shifting justifications for pathologising non-conformists
  22. The Unexplored Link Between Autism and Substance Abuse
  23. Autistic Body Language is not Always Communication
  24. The political effort to separate autism from “severe autism” is misguided at best
  25. Autism and Religion: A silent anxiety
  26. Poetry: A/Typical Girl
  27. Hecklers from the Penn State conference not finished: Drexel professor decides which Autistics are really autistic
  28. Poetry: Lost, I am home
  29. For the Survivors: Autistic people and our #MeToo memories
  30. Professional Cuddling: A Safety Guide for Autistics
  31. Poetry: Intelligence
  32. Good company in an era of peak cognitive dissonance
  33. Understanding Autism through the Actually Autistic Lens: Resource List
  34. The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently
  35. An Oregon History of Crime with Musician Russell James
  36. Blind and Autistic: How Dueling Disabilities Makes Me a Bridge
  37. On Perseverence
  38. A Book Review of Uncommon Sense: An Autistic Journey, by Adam Mardero
  39. The Autistic Boy Who Became Typical
  40. “Control Issues” and Autistics: Understanding & Navigating a Basic Autistic Needs
  41. Gone Again
  42. Poetry: The Fall
  43. Announcement: Autistic Acceptance NeuroClastic Fundraiser
  44. Underemployment > Unemployment
  45. The 6Fs of Trauma Responses
  46. Dear Mom, I am Autistic:
  47. Why You Shouldn’t Participate in the Blue Bucket Trend This Halloween
  48. Grocery Store Aggressive Meltdowns and How to Deal with Them
  49. Therapy Saved My Life
  50. Countdown towards a ban of all forms of conversion therapy
  51. Relationship Rubik’s Cube
  52. The Hidden Strength of Autistic Moms in a Neurotypical Mom Culture
  53. Religious Trauma and A Tale of Two “Isms”
  54. Announcement: Understanding Autism Through The Autistic Lens – Virtual Conference
  55. Include all Conversion Therapies in Legislative Ban
  56. Summer and Heaven
  57. Spectrum 10k: The Fallacy of Genetic Autism Studies
  58. The Autistics’ Question
  59. Short story: How Curious
  60. A nonspeaking autistic teen’s reflections on the global pandemic
  61. Tiny Typing Kids: A letter to young nonspeakers
  62. What does it mean to be an autistic adult?
  63. 900 ABA Professionals Have Weighed in on the Use of Electroshock at Judge Rotenberg Center
  64. Poetry: Dawn, Midday, and Twilight
  65. Hiki: A Dating & Friendships App that Autistics May Actually Want to Use
  66. Poetry: Abstractions, Upper Division Sports, and Realities
  67. Poetry: Autistic Self Love
  68. An interview with Soma Mukhopadhyay, pioneer of rapid prompting method (RPM)
  69. Show Us Your Brain – FREE Resource for understanding your “brain story”
  70. ABA Horror Stories Are Far Too Common
  71. On Using NonSpeaking, Minimally Speaking, Or Unreliably Speaking Over “Non-Verbal”: NonSpeakers Weigh In
  72. Where do discriminations come from?
  73. My Problem with Autistic Meltdowns: Part Two
  74. The Autistic Gaze: Rumble Fish [film]
  75. Neuroception 101: How the mindbody scans and adapts for safety and danger
  76. Reply to a Lullaby
  77. The OCD is in Control
  78. The purpose of human cultures
  79. Reclaiming the essence of humanity
  80. REVIEW: The Reason I Jump – An Unusual Film With a Very Important Message
  81. Helping Your Autistic, ADHD, or Dyslexic Child (or Self) with Reading Fluency
  82. Forgoing and Going: The best and worst feelings autistics feel
  83. Nurturing good company, one trusted relationship at a time
  84. Autism: It’s not OUGHTism. On making decisions about intervention therapies
  85. Love, Loss and Mandarin Orange Chicken: How I Broke Up With Trader Joe’s
  86. Talent Isn’t Enough: Ableism & “Gifted” Autistics
  87. Five not-so-brief tips on how to travel as an Autistic Person
  88. Autistic Communication Is a Feature, not a Bug
  89. Swallowed Whole: Inside an Autistic PTSD Flashback
  90. Explosion of Emotion
  91. If not electroshock at the Judge Rotenberg Center, then what? Try access to communication
  92. Te Hapori Whai Takiwātanga o Aotearoa
  93. Real Progress Takes Time, So Don’t Give Up
  94. Poetry: Heat
  95. A Productive Irritant: A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Dinah Murray
  96. Abused…at the dentist???
  97. Poetry: Lullaby (To a newborn autistic baby)
  98. Bridging Communication: Conversations with Neurodivergent People
  99. The Hidden Rooms in my Mind
  100. We are capable and deserving of an education
  101. Voting Rights Are Automatically Revoked for Some Disabled People
  102. Playscript Review: Burning Bridges, by Amy Shindler
  103. Writing Intersections: How to Look “Both Ways”
  104. The Joy of Communication
  105. Justice for Xavier Hernandez: Texas School Still Practicing Illegal Restraints after Killing Young Autistic Man
  106. Poetry: Assessment
  107. Airplanes and the Autistic
  108. On Autism, Getting Dressed, and Toileting
  109. The Intersectionality of My Erasure: Being AFAB, Black, & Autistic
  110. My Problem with Autistic Meltdowns
  111. Integrating autistic culture into the world: The cultural model of autism
  112. A letter to Authority
  113. Replacing control with ecologies of care
  114. Creative: Hearts of Flesh and Stone
  115. Dissolving the Behavioral-Tech-Industrial Complex
  116. How to Reduce Autistic Barriers to Moving
  117. Book Review: Kiss and Repeat
  118. NeuroClastic members nominated for the UK’s National Diversity Awards 2021
  119. Autistic Life, Trauma, and Disability
  120. (the) Truth will Set Us Free: California schools tell mother Blackness prevents access to a free and appropriate education
  121. Review: Sensory Trauma: autism, sensory difference and the daily experience of fear
  122. The Strategies of ABA – What Parents Should Know Before Making a Decision
  123. But doesn’t everyone wear a mask?
  124. Announcement: NeuroClastic Job Board Funded and Moving Forward!
  125. State of Dis-Union: The NeuroDiversity Movement At A Crossroads And Why It Should Matter To Everyone
  126. “That’s SO RUDE!” Is It, Though? (Helping To Bridge The Gap Between NT & ND Communication Needs)
  127. Autism Awareness does not prevent Autistic Masking. Autistic Acceptance does.
  128. ABA for Creating Masking Black Autistics
  129. Myself
  130. Beauty from Chaos: Autism and vulnerability to abusive relationships
  131. She was easily startled by loud noises.
  132. Neurotypical People Are Not Trash
  133. Lulu is a Rhinoceros: A Note for Parents, Teachers, and Direct Care Professionals
  134. Autism in Motion: Ecopsychology and Autism
  135. Does ABA Work? We’re Asking the Wrong Question.
  136. Weavers and Concluders: Two Communication Styles No One Knows Exist
  137. Connection in the Face of Rejection
  138. This Autism Acceptance Month, we must strive for #AutisticUnity
  139. Poetry: I Must Not Walk On
  140. 5 Ways that Being Autistic Affects Me Everyday
  141. A poem that shouldn’t exist and isn’t a real poem anyway
  142. When Autism and Grief Collide
  143. Living with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
  144. Review: Lulu is a Rhinoceros… Plus an April Sneak Peak
  145. Stop Texas ABA
  146. Sensory Processing is Only Half the Story: Movement Differences in Autistic People
  147. Double Rainbows – Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Neurodiversity
  148. A Strategy to Help Autistic Kids be Less Afraid of Storms– Or Anything Else
  149. Banning autistic “conversion therapy” in NZ
  150. These Illinois Schools Prefer to Endanger Their Disabled Students
  151. It was behavior therapy all along, and I had absolutely no clue– until now
  152. The Problem with ABA
  153. Spectrum Critters Comics: What is Masking?
  154. Weird Pride Day: Changing the narrative
  155. My review of the Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness
  156. March 4th is Weird Pride Day
  157. Double human rights action against culture’s acceptance of violence
  158. The Gatekeeping of Diagnostic Dinosaurs: Autism, neurophobia, confirmation bias, and internalized ableism
  159. But my child loves ABA and their therapists: ABA, religion, and the status quo
  160. What I Wish Neurotypicals Knew About Meltdowns
  161. Why did I use drugs? The feeling of being an autistic addict
  162. Home at Last: Finding Your True Family When You’re Misunderstood
  163. Parenting Outcasts You’re Not Biologically Related To
  164. From Up Here by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
  165. Sia’s Film, Music: Who to Ignore, Who to Listen to, and Why
  166. Sia’s Music and “The Wrong People”
  167. Sia’s Film and the Deficit Model of Disability
  168. Appreciating Autistic Chosen Families
  169. Here’s Why Autistics Should Stim Out Loud
  170. Stimming: What it is and why Autistic people do it
  171. Top 10 Things You Should Know About Apraxia According to a Nonspeaker
  172. Exploring the Inner Worlds of Autistic Minds
  173. On Representation and Communication: On the intersections of being Black, Deaf, and Autistic
  174. Nonspeaker Perspectives on Representation
  175. Sia: Thank you for putting on #BadGuyPants
  176. An Open Letter to New Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate
  177. The Importance of Black Barbers as Staples of the Community
  178. Sensory Sex Hacks for Autistics
  179. The book on collaboration at human scale is available for peer review
  180. Chronic catatonia? Order yourself into action
  181. Sheltered Workshops: State-Sanctioned Ableism
  182. Autism, Asexuality, and the (Almost) 40 Year Old Virgin
  183. Book Review: Being Autistic
  184. Matthew Rushin remains in prison and now has COVID-19
  185. Sapiosexuality: Is it an ableist concept or valid identity?
  186. Nicotine addiction: the issue for Autistics that goes by the wayside
  187. Sexual Predators and Women on the Spectrum
  188. The social architecture of collective intelligence
  189. My Neurotypical Friend Meg
  190. Discrimination from DARS: Autism and Seeking Services for Employment
  191. Angry Political Autistics: On the link between white supremacy, privilege, and systemic oppression
  192. Autistic Body Language
  193. A New Year’s Reintroduction

2020 307

  1. Unmasking as a Parent: Parades in peril
  2. An Autistic Dancer’s Reaction to Sia’s Film
  3. Active disablement of minorities
  4. How to Stay Connected and Survive the Holidays During the COVID Pandemic
  5. Free PDF Download of NeuroInclusive Social Story: On Chatting and Infodumping
  6. Seeking Feedback: Need Input on Noise Cancelling Headphones
  7. What would a healthy society look like?
  8. Better Than Social Stories – Free Download: A Room for Us All
  9. Why Autistic Kids and Adults Develop Intense Fears and Phobias
  10. Social Stories for Autism and the Harm They Can Cause
  11. Autism and Food: How to Eat an Elephant
  12. EQ Skills as an Imperative to Formal Curriculum?
  13. The Glass Room: Being autistic in a neurotypical world
  14. The dark side: Facing up to the things I have done as an autistic addict
  15. Is it selective mutism––or chronic catatonia?
  16. Autism, Fire Alarms, & School Fire Drills
  17. Don’t assume I’m masking
  18. Our Journey with Selective Mutism – Bekki Semenova and Stella
  19. On Autism and Adolescence: An Open Letter to My High School Classmates
  20. Book Review: My Brother Otto
  21. Autism and Masking During Sex
  22. Breaking News: Matthew Rushin has been offered a pardon
  23. Autistic People Care Too Much, Research Says
  24. Myth: If you can use social media, you are “high functioning” or “have mild autism”
  25. The Crossroads of Being Autistic and Queer
  26. Announcement: Virtual ASAN Gala November 12-15th
  27. A Response to Colin Stolle’s Letter to Governor Northam About Matthew Rushin
  28. Selective Mutism – Just because somebody can’t speak, doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice
  29. Autism Speaks and ABA: Same Harmful Methods, Different Coat of Paint
  30. Autism and Meltdowns: One Autistic Woman’s Journey
  31. Tal Anderson: Finding My Voice through Acting
  32. Spectrum Magazine Missed the Point I Wanted to Express about ABA: Here’s what I said
  33. Rediscovering the language of life
  34. Behaviorism is Dead. How Do We Tell The (Autism) Parents?
  35. Children and Control: The Joyful Middle
  36. An Unwanted Hill to Climb: The Challenges Autistic Adults Face in Social and Occupational Settings
  37. The Stress of Being Dependent
  38. $5 Million Grant Awarded to Make Autistic People Mask in Job Interviews
  39. Breaking News: Movement in Osime Brown’s Case
  40. Masking and Mental Health Implications
  41. Wrongful Conviction Day: Justice for Philando and Breonna is Justice for Champ Turner
  42. Wrongful Conviction Day: RJ Brothers and SB-5032
  43. Advice for Parents from Matthew Rushin’s Mom
  44. Protests continue to call on the Home Office to stop the deportation of Osime Brown #FreeOsimeBrown
  45. Realizing I’m Autistic Helped Me Uncover PTSD Because I Masked Both Conditions
  46. How Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Changed My Family
  47. Imposter Syndrome: Life Behind a Mask
  48. Recovering Addicts Don’t Deserve Lifelong Stigma
  49. Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 4
  50. Review: The Promise and Disappointment of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
  51. Spectrum Critters Comics: Sensory Needs
  52. This Autism Training in Utah Explains Why Police Shot Linden Cameron for Having a Meltdown in his Own Home
  53. Suicide Prevention: the Autistic Occupation Edition
  54. Book Review: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
  55. Worse than prison: an immigration detention centre could kill Osime Brown
  56. The Hunt for a Minnesota Karen Leads to Shocking Information from the Minnesota Autism Council
  57. Being a Good Friend When Talking About Suicide
  58. Happy Birthday, Dejah, from Osime Brown’s Mother – #NoDejahVu
  59. Autism, ADHD, Tourette’s, Dyslexia: Higher Risk for Addiction & Suicide- #NoDejahVu
  60. My Best Friend’s Suicide: Stop Calling Us Normal – #NoDejahVu
  61. The Harder They Fight: How Barriers to Diagnosis Fuel Depression #NoDejahVu
  62. Justice for Linden Cameron
  63. My Son Took His Life at 15. Here’s What I’ve Learned. #NoDejahVu
  64. Protesters gather outside The Home Office in London to demand they #FreeOsimeBrown
  65. NeuroClastic Partners with BLM 757 for Suicide Prevention Week #NoDejahVu #SelfieForSuicidePrevention
  66. “Thanks, We Hate It.” Autistic People React To Miami’s New Police Car
  67. Press Release: Black Lives Matter 757 Plan to Shut Down the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach for Matthew Rushin and Other Victims
  68. Pathologisation of life and neurodiversity in W.E.I.R.D. monocultures
  69. URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Asking the Global Community to help #FreeOsimeBrown
  70. Autism: Autistic Empathy is Different
  71. Autistic pregnancy & post-natal event Septemeber 2020
  72. Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 3
  73. A Poem from Matthew Rushin to Osime Brown
  74. HMP Stocken: My Son Osime Brown Does Not Need to Be a Statistic!
  75. Expanding my comfort zone
  76. Toxic Positivity, Gaslighting, and Tone Policing Autistic People
  77. Ask Myk: On Self-Love in an Ableist World
  78. From collective delusion to creative collaboration
  79. Spectrum Critters Comics: Quiet Confidence
  80. Voice Your Truth
  81. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW! #GiftMatthewFreedom
  82. TV Review: Pablo
  83. Autism “Intelligence” Tests Send Mixed Messages to Parents
  84. Abed is an Example of Autistic Head-Canon I Love
  85. Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 2
  86. “The drugs never loved you.” My relationship with addiction as an autistic
  87. Autism 101: Resources from the Autistic community
  88. Universities are switching to online learning—and I’m worried for autistic students. Here’s why.
  89. CALL TO ACTION: It’s Matthew Rushin’s Birthday & a Video from Netflix’s Atypical and Friends
  90. What is Self-Harm, Why Does It Happen, and What to Do about It
  91. An Open Letter to Ralph Northam RE: Matthew Rushin
  92. See For Yourself – The Truth About Matthew Rushin
  93. From an Autistic Catholic Priest: Don’t Drink Bleach Even If Bishops Say To
  94. Review: Deej – Streaming free through July
  95. The Occupational Injustice Against Osime Brown
  96. On Matthew Rushin, Osime Brown, and Systematic Trauma to Black and Indigenous People
  97. Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 1
  98. It’s Time to End Prone Restraint in Illinois Public Schools
  99. Spectrum Critters Comics: Your Voice
  100. Book Review: Becoming Vulnerable by Joshua Corwin
  101. First Statement from Matthew on Body Cam:Officers knew he lost consciousness
  102. Autistic Vs Neurotypical Perception: People react to facial expressions
  103. What Is Authenticity and How Does It Change With Age?
  104. Ra Vashtar: OKEQ July 2020 Art Show
  105. Matthew Rushin, My Bias, and Your Bias
  106. Matthew Rushin: Did Virginia Beach PD suspect seizure and hide it?
  107. Osime Brown: A Life Sentence for Not Stealing a Mobile Phone
  108. Work Hard and Catch Up: Patterns in a Neurodivergent Career
  109. The Enormity of Being Black and Autistic: On self-hate and social media
  110. Matthew Rushin: Body Cam Footage and Forensic Data
  111. Finding Autistic Pride in Darker Times
  112. Autism Pride Day June 18th
  113. VIDEO: NeuroClastic Voices from Around the World on Autistic Pride
  114. Spectrum Critters Comics: You are not alone!
  115. Matthew Rushin: An Open Letter to the Commonwealth Attorney of Virginia Beach
  116. Meet Matthew Rushin
  117. Matthew Rushin and the Injustice System: The Worst Nightmare of Every Parent of an Autistic
  118. Osime Brown is Black, Autistic, and Wrongly Convicted. Now the Home Office Wants to Deport Him
  119. Matthew Rushin and the Virginia Beach Police Department
  120. Entrapta, She-Ra, and Autistic Representation
  121. I Know Why Matthew Rushin Said He Wished He Was Dead
  122. URGENT: Matthew Rushin is in Prison for Being Black and Autistic
  123. Florida’s Baker Act Gives Police Authority to Handcuff Children for Having Autistic Traits
  124. Poetry: Pride
  125. Don’t Copsplain to me: On surviving the NYPD while Autistic & Black
  126. When Parents Say “I HATE AUTISM” Their Words Affect Autistic Lives
  127. Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Autistic: The Media Needs to Stop Devaluing My Life
  128. I am a disillusioned BCBA: Autistics are right about ABA
  129. The Patterns of Injustice that Lead to the Loss of Black Lives
  130. I Will Not Be Rehoming or Murdering My Autistic Child & Black Lives Matter to Me
  131. A Black Autistic Man Reflects on the Murder of George Floyd
  132. Collaborative Employer Rating Service Design
  133. How Do I Tell My Autistic Child About Autism?
  134. The four words every addict needs to hear: “It’s not your fault”
  135. My Dream as an Autistic Youth: An Autistic Renaissance
  136. Why You Should Debate Neurodiversity
  137. The Democrat-Republican Merry-Go-Round
  138. Being Autistic & Taking Language about COVID-19 Literally
  139. Appreciating Life When Overwhelmed by Death
  140. How to Get Your Workforce Excited About Diversity & Inclusion
  141. WHAT IS AUTISM? The Traits | Are You Autistic?
  142. Game-Changing Research in the World of Communication Rights
  143. Autistic People React to the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Test – Part 2
  144. “Staying Alert.” Coronavirus, Autism, and cPTSD
  145. Autistic People React to the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) – Part 3
  146. Removing the Mask in Lockdown
  147. Newly Diagnosed ASD Shame: I’m Not Really Autistic, Right?
  148. Coming out on Top: Autism, Covid, and Posttraumatic Growth
  149. Autistic People React to the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Test
  150. Sixteen-year-old Killed by Restraint: It’s Time for Connection Over Control
  151. Nickelodeon Executives Are Too Rich to Care
  152. Poetry: And So the Definition of Autism Changed
  153. Recently Diagnosed as Autistic and Realizing My Own Prejudice
  154. If my child is Autistic, does it mean that I am, too?
  155. Building a Resource to Support the Careers of Autistic Employees
  156. COVID19: A Summer of Reasonable Expectations
  157. NeuroClastic, Inc. Autistic Services, Initiatives, and Endorsements
  158. Why Autistics Can’t Run The World But Could Run the Government
  159. Autistic people – The cultural immune system of human societies
  160. On Autistics and Substance Use During Lockdown
  161. Our Movement Needs Mediators, Not Leaders
  162. Autism Acceptance Month – Organisations Autistic People Want You to Support
  163. Video: Introducing the ND Montessori!
  164. 15 months, Half a Century
  165. Advice for Raising NeuroDivergent Children
  166. Coming Out as Autistic at Work
  167. Culture and Politics, or Why a Neurodiversity Paradigm is Left of Centre
  168. Autism & Christianity: Part 2, The Bible
  169. Autism & Christianity: Part 1
  170. Butterflies
  171. Navigating ND-NT partnerships
  172. For Non-Autistics: How to Survive COVID19 in a World Not Made for Your Neurology
  173. Safe and Inclusive Advocacy in the Autistic Community: Unique Minds and Challenges
  174. Nickelodeon: It’s Time to Listen
  175. The Autistic English Dictionary
  176. Processing Grief through Movement
  177. More Accessible Version of the Guide for Navigating Autistic Minds
  178. The NHS, COVID-19, and Autism
  179. Disorder, Condition, or Disability: A Look at the Fables of Autism Labels
  180. “We will both die here.” The Neurodiversity Community Has Lost One of Its Most Beloved Advocates.
  181. On Autism and Intelligence: Measuring & Understanding IQ
  182. On Autism and Intelligence: Language and Advocacy
  183. Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Review
  184. How the manic pixie dream girl trope harms autistic women
  185. Writing About Talking About Communicating When Autistic
  186. The Double Standard: On Growing Up Autistic
  187. Four Words: You Need to Change
  188. Faith and Neurodivergence
  189. Butterfly in a Blender
  190. COVID-19: Alone with your thoughts
  191. Day 2: Autism Acceptance
  192. 5 Covid-19 Safety Tips For Disabled People Fearing Rationed Care
  193. Caring For Your NT during Social Isolation
  194. The Guide is here! Understanding the Autistic Mind 1
  195. Our Golden Moment! Five ways to support the autistic community in April
  196. Free eBook for Your Autistic Kids: Rest Easy My Love
  197. Tips for Accesibility in Public Events
  198. Brief Musings on Autism Awareness vs. Acceptance
  199. #CoronaVirus: All the Dead are Victims of Ableism
  200. How Whole Groups Subconsciously Villainize an Innocent Outsider
  201. A commonsense guide to community response to Covid – 19 Part 1: Understanding the new normal
  202. So, you want to Autism Level UP!? …Game on!
  203. Call-Out Culture and Learned Helplessness
  204. During the Covid Crisis, Look for the Helpers
  205. Not Like Those Children: What that really means to an autistic person
  206. Covid19: Why I believe we should all be anarchists and communalists
  207. Mindfulness in the Spiraling World of COVID-19
  208. Lining Up and Arranging and Color Coding Objects, Oh My!
  209. Acceptance versus Awareness: a brief commentary on the great debate
  210. Autistic analysis of COVID-19
  211. Infighting in the Autistic Community: a case for unity.
  212. Social Distancing and Strain
  213. Autism and Quarantine
  214. My experience of restraint in a psychiatric hospital: This is not a love story
  215. Poetry: I Don’t want to hear it, and neither do you
  216. Osime Brown is in Prison for Being Black and Autistic
  217. An Autistic Rat
  218. Coming Out to Family and Friends as Autistic
  219. The Intersection of Gender, Misogyny, and Autism
  220. Teenage Rebellion: An Autistic Teenager’s Guide to Revenge Through Self Care
  221. The Netherlands institutionalizes autistic boy for 2 years without parental consent – bring him home NOW #GiveMartinBack
  222. In search of psychological safety
  223. Video: A poem performed through the eyes of an autistic child.
  224. Hypnotized by Words
  225. Autism & the flitting phenomenon
  226. Fifteen People to Celebrate on International Women’s Day
  227. The Neurotypical Obsession with Time
  228. Alexithymia: The forest and the trees
  229. Sensory Processing and Parenting
  230. How to Play with Your Autistic Child
  231. What Happens When the Perfect Job Goes Wrong?
  232. Day of Kindness April 1, 2020: How To Get Involved
  233. Autism in Mainstream Education: A Survivor’s Story
  234. Why Autism ABA Goes Against Everything B.F. Skinner Believed In
  235. Are you a #NeuroLurker?
  236. Reservations about Positive Behavior Support, or PBS
  237. Killing them softly: Addiction is the silent killer of the autistic and neurodivergent community
  238. Trending in the US: Calling the Police on Disabled Kids in Kindergarten
  239. Poetry: Trending #MeToo
  240. Poetry: I Don’t Want Your Normal
  241. What life is REALLY like for autistic children (music video)
  242. Troubles du spectre de l’allisme : une parodie
  243. Should we force autistic kids to socialize?
  244. 2020 Disability Day of Mourning
  245. Fresh Starts: After the meltdown
  246. Côtoyer les « parents autisme »
  247. Unintentional Bullies
  248. ‘Fitting in’ and Other Issues with Being an Autistic Addict in Recovery
  249. Trichotillomania: When Stimming Turns Self-Injurious
  250. The Most Painful Expression of Love
  251. College: The Highs and Lows For An Autistic Student
  252. Poetry: Two Voyages to CommonWEALTH
  253. Autism & Movie Talk
  254. Yes, my autism does define me.
  255. Qui fait valoir les « advocates » ?
  256. Présentation de #RedInstead et #OurGoldenMoment : les autistes revendiquent l’actualité les 1er & 2 avril 2020
  257. I Dream of Plane Crashes
  258. Put Down the Scissors
  259. Who Advocates for the Advocates?
  260. Travels with Autism: My life on the road
  261. Neurodivergents Deserve A Place in the Art Community
  262. Disability Studies and the Personal; Or How You Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Neurodiversity
  263. Introducing #RedInstead and #OurGoldenMoment: Autistics are claiming the narrative on April 1 & 2, 2020
  264. Comic Book Hero: How This #AutisticSurvivor Escaped Bullying, Abuse, Molestation
  265. On helping children to not feel responsible for other people’s emotions
  266. Behave OR Be Well
  267. 10 Good Boundaries to Have as an Autistic Advocate so Haters Don’t Burn You Out
  268. The alexithymia & autism guide
  269. “Autistic” is Not a Bad Word
  270. 17 Ways to Say “I Love You” in Neurodivergent
  271. “Can I just have a quick word?”
  272. Free Communication Resources for Autistic Children
  273. The Unintended Consequences of the IDEA
  274. Bullying, In-Fighting, and Abuse in the Autistic Community: A Call for Healing
  275. I’m Dreading April: the Trials of an Autistic Teacher
  276. How mastering the Vault taught me better advocacy
  277. A Letter to Pro-Cure Autistic People
  278. A Child in a Straight Jacket
  279. On Hurling Myself Into Traffic to Get out of ABA Therapy
  280. The Coat Closet – An Autism Seclusion Story
  281. The Coveted Driver’s License. On Driving (or not) While Autistic
  282. Seclusion Broke My Heart
  283. Hockey Rules and Other Opinions
  284. “You can be whatever you want!” On dealing with high-expectation anxiety
  285. Misdiagnosis and mistreatment of autistics in the mental health system
  286. FreeKing Comics – An Interview With “Autism vs Aliens” creators, Daniel Wolther and Jaime A. Heidel
  287. Why Gaming Can Be Good for Autistics
  288. Tying Down a Duty to Protections for Fairness
  289. Could Student-Focused Learning Help Neurodivergent Learners Get a Better Education?
  290. Why is there not a cure for autism?
  291. Meet The Autism Parents
  292. Unemployable Part 2: An Autistic Woman Sticks to Her Plan Anyway
  293. Selective Mutism: I Have No Mouth. But I Must SCREAM
  294. Where does the mistreatment of Penny Bracken and her family fit into the broader picture of mistreatment of autistics in the UK?
  295. Unemployable Part 1: An Autistic Woman Ends Her Time with Career Counseling
  296. The Great Behavior Fallacy: Why The New York Times Is Wrong To Think That ABA Can Treat Autism
  297. An Open Letter to the NYT: Acknowledge the Controversy Surrounding ABA
  298. Summon A Custom Monster for a Good Cause
  299. Poetry: Crossed Wire’s Song
  300. Becoming an ABA RBT When I Thought I Was Neurotypical: Part 2 – The Certification Course
  301. Poetry: Autism is what I breathe. Neurodiversity? What I MUST write…
  302. Dear New York Times: ABA is not a therapy
  303. He Killed My Cat: On the dangers of dating while autistic
  304. The Rampant Dehumanization of Autistic People
  305. Why We Need Diverse Autism Representations in Media
  306. A 2020 Resolution to Unmask and Live Unapologetically and Authentically
  307. Gelotophobia & Autism

2019 315

  1. Poetry: Neurodivergent
  2. Just because you can’t see our autism, doesn’t mean we don’t have challenges
  3. There is No Autism Epidemic
  4. Poetry: Come Peep Inside
  5. A Systematic Approach to Living into My 90s
  6. Autistic addiction advocacy: A lonely endeavour
  7. Publicly Exposing Autism Meltdowns: Violation of Privacy or Raising Awareness?
  8. Mistreatment and multi-agency failure: The story of the Bracken Family
  9. Neurolurker diaries: holiday confessions
  10. ABA and Neurotypical Bias
  11. 5 observations on my late diagnosis
  12. Team spirit
  13. Autism Speaks : The Time Is Now To Help Clean Up Your Mess
  14. AUTISM: Genetic Disorder Or A Prelude To Genetic Evolution? (A GE-POA View Point)
  15. Autism Saved My Life – Sophie Lavender’s TED Talk
  16. The Sonic Bliss of Quintessential Autistic Gear: Noise Cancelling Headphones
  17. Poetry: Sometimes Words Hurt
  18. Supporting Greta Is Great, But It’s Not Enough
  19. Autism and Responding to Authority
  20. Book Review: How Can I Talk if My Lips Don’t Move?
  21. The View from Here – On Stimming
  22. The Autistic Experience of Sensory Overwhelm, Meltdowns, and Shutdowns
  23. Label Jars, Not People
  24. Issues with Addiction Advocacy in the Autistic Community
  25. Greta – Our Warrior Princess
  26. Greta Thunberg is named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year. Is this the hero we need?
  27. The Real Reasons Autistic People Are Stressed During the Holiday Season
  28. On ABA: Evidence-based Doesn’t Mean Good Therapy
  29. Review: Echo Miller’s The Insider’s Club– The Book You Need To Get For Everyone On Your List This Holiday Season…
  30. Poetry: Who I Know Myself to Be
  31. Don’t Confront Your Autistic Loved One About Concerning Behavior… Investigate Instead
  32. Depressive Realism
  33. Confessions Of An Anxiety Junkie
  34. 15 Life Hacks for PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
  35. Autism’s Lost Girls
  36. How Can Autism Affect Your Health?
  37. My Late Autism Diagnosis: I Was Angry
  38. Access to Communication is a Human Right
  39. 50 Reasons why an Autistic Adult may be in a Bad Mood
  40. How To Get Diagnosed #ActuallyAutistic in Just 26 Years
  41. Poetry: Echelons of Autism
  42. 20 Key Things to Know About Autism
  43. The View from Here – But You Can SPEAK!
  44. Between Labels: Living neuro-confused in a neurotypical world
  45. The Harmful Lessons We Teach Autistic Kids
  46. Poetry: Interrogate My Reception
  47. BCBAs Respond To The Dog Trainer Who Called Out ABA
  48. Jalisco Never Loses: Autism, Loneliness, Relationships, & Learning to Lose
  49. An Open Letter to Parents of Autistic Children.
  50. Autism and Sexual Vulnerability-One Woman’s Story
  51. #ShineOnMax Becomes an International Call to End Ableism and Humanize Autistic People in the Media
  52. How My Parents Handled My Autism and How They Set A Good Example
  53. Autistic in the Neurotypical Gauntlet
  54. Tips for Autistic People to Help Recover from Burnout
  55. Why We Need to Start Treating “Autistic” As Another Language Instead of a Condition
  56. Who Was Max Benson? An Interview with His Mother, Stacia #ShineOnMax
  57. Autism and Gender
  58. #ShineOnMax Community-wide Candlelight Vigil for Max Benson, Sunday November 17
  59. The Long Term Impact of Bullying
  60. I Worked at an ABA Clinic. It was Abuse.
  61. The Myth of Independence: How The Social Model of Disability Exposes Society’s Double Standards
  62. Hardcore, Soft Heart: Positive Activism as a Die Hard Rebel
  63. Emotions Go Both Ways, Unless It’s ABA
  64. Perceptive Observational Analysis: The Autistic Way of Navigating & Connecting Knowledge
  65. Poetry: How Do You Know?
  66. Poetry: Beholden
  67. Parental Learned Helplessness and ABA
  68. Raising Autistics: Children are people, not property
  69. Take Me and My Letterboard Out to the Ballgame
  70. An Open Letter to ASHA Regarding the new BCS-AAC and BCS-ASD Certifications
  71. We’ve Been Commoditized
  72. Parody: 50 Shades of ABA
  73. Coming to Terms with an Autism Diagnosis: Sam Stein interviews Rees Finlay about his Upcoming Graphic Novella
  74. Autistic Meltdowns: From the Inside
  75. The Horror of Task Interruption – 12 Neurodivergent People Explain the Unbearable Feeling of Being Ripped Away from Their Thoughts
  76. Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical Narrative
  77. Take the Long Way Home: Late Diagnosis and Becoming an Autistic Elder
  78. Announcement: SLP Neurodiversity Collective Important Bulletin
  79. Becoming an ABA Registered Behavior Technician Before Knowing I Was Autistic: Part 1 – Restraint Training
  80. What CAN be misunderstood WILL be misunderstood
  81. Autism and ADHD: Neurological Cousins
  82. Life Between Two Spectrums: Autism, Gender Queerness, And Why It Shouldn’t Be Ignored
  83. Elements of Executive Function: Road Trip Without a Map
  84. Art: Celebrate Neurodiversity
  85. The Ramblings of a Misunderstood Mind, Part 1
  86. Poetry: Four AM Thoughts
  87. Poetry: I can’t believe
  88. A communal definition of Autistic ways of being
  89. Stopping the Stigma Against People with Disabilities: Interview with SBSK
  90. Autistic Collaboration for Life
  91. Why I’m Not a High-Functioning Autistic
  92. POETRY: The Moon’s Lunacy
  93. wikipedia.org Article for Naoki Higashida
  94. The Difference Between the Autism Community and the Autistic Community
  95. Autism: Healing from Trauma in Nature
  96. On Autistic Facial Expression and Being A Woman
  97. Kodi Lee and Greta Thunberg: Autistics in the Media. A tale of two ableisms.
  98. Here’s to the Mums of Autistic Kids
  99. Autism and Food Aversions
  100. wikipedia.org Article on Tito Mukhopadhyay
  101. Demisexuality and autism
  102. How to Help Teachers Understand and Accommodate Your Autistic Teen
  103. My Autism Diagnosis at Age 25
  104. The Foster Problem: How “Child Protective Services” Feeds Into Oppression of Autistic Children
  105. POETRY: The Maker and His Folly
  106. Be Yourself: How Do You Do It?
  107. Hell is Other People, a One Act Play
  108. Why Accessible, Community Driven, and Neurodiversity-Friendly Events Are So Important
  109. wikipedia.org Article on Sue Rubin
  110. The “Severe Autism” Concept is Behaviourism’s Final Stand
  111. “Darling in the Franxx” as an Autistic Metaphor
  112. Autism and Pica
  113. A Pastor’s Secret
  114. Thank You for the Music: On the autistic joy of pursuing special interests
  115. Wikipedia.org Article on Lucy Blackman
  116. Poetry: Counterfeit Menagerie
  117. How Do You Ask Your Crush Out?
  118. Poetry: Do You Hate Me?
  119. Behind the Anti-Neurodiversity Articles: An Unholy Alliance of Usual Suspects
  120. 10 Signs I Was Transgender But Didn’t Know It
  121. Poetry: Creators of a New World Order
  122. Your Disability is a Tragedy vs Your Disability is your Superpower
  123. How “The Golden Rule” Harms Autistic People
  124. I’m Autistic: How I Listened to One Song for 20 Years Before I Knew Why
  125. Dungeons and Dragons and Not Hating Myself for Five Freaking Minutes.
  126. Dear Screenwriters and Fiction Writers: “Autistic” Is Not a Bad Word
  127. How to Spot a Good– or Bad– Therapist for Your Autistic Child
  128. Today I Cried: On the Rejection of Labels
  129. Poetry: The Relativity of Necessity
  130. “My Autism” is Bigger than a Cure
  131. What is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)?
  132. My Mother Never Told Me: On surviving a lifetime of abuse not knowing I was autistic
  133. Overcoming Sensory Issues at The Dentist – The First Visit
  134. The Importance of Kindness Towards Autistic People
  135. Caretaker Fatigue
  136. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy & Autism: An Empowering Set of Skills
  137. Autistic Solidarity: A Personal Reflection
  138. Autistic Rights & the Need for Advocacy
  139. Disability in Wreck-It Ralph
  140. It’s All Right to Cry…
  141. Poetry: Arson Season
  142. In Our Autistic Eyes
  143. Are You Being Bullied? On Gaslighting and Depression: Part 2
  144. Are You Being Bullied? On Gaslighting and Depression: Part 1
  145. Poetry: Annoying Noises
  146. wikipedia.org Article on Amy Sequenzia
  147. A Dozen Ways You Might Be Misunderstanding the Autistic Person In Your Life
  148. Poetry: Here I Must Belong
  149. Autistic Acceptance vs. Autism Awareness
  150. Moving While Autistic
  151. The Cage
  152. Poetry: Autism Is Invisible
  153. #ActuallyAutistic Review of ‘House Rules’ by Jodi Picoult
  154. Parents of Autistic Children – Yes, It’s Hard, But Here’s What Can Make It Easier
  155. Poetry: Forayer
  156. The Joys of Working Within Your Tribe
  157. Gender Presentation – An Autistic Perspective
  158. The Fallacy of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria and The Importance of Calling Out Sloppy Science
  159. Double Standards: ABA vs. Facilitated Communication
  160. An Introduction to Neuroqueer Theory
  161. Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Parenting: Taking You on a Guilt Trip
  162. Darkest Before Dawn: Autism, Ableism, and the Rise of the Neurodiversity Movement
  163. Is It Trauma or Autism? Or Both?
  164. Logical Fallacies in the Facilitated Communication Debate
  165. On ABA Therapy, Self-Determination, & Healthy Psychological Development
  166. An Open Letter to the Media: On “Severe” Autism and Inspiration Porn
  167. Inside the Dark World of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Why Proper Treatment Is Crucial
  168. Finding Adult Autistic Women in the Media: A Unicorn Hunt
  169. Unapologetically Non-compliant: A Neurotypical Mother’s Perspective After Leaving ABA
  170. On the Unaddressed Dangers of Autistic Alienation & Complacency
  171. The Shocking Truth About ABA, Autism, and Abuse
  172. Poetry: Encounter
  173. Person with autism or autistic person? My problem with “person-first language” for autism
  174. How To Ask An Autistic 101
  175. FC, RPM, and How Wikipedia Became Complicit in Silencing Non-speaking Autistics
  176. The Anxiety Demon
  177. Poetry: Away and Apart
  178. Life Skills Aren’t What You Think: What Research Says About Raising Autistic Kids
  179. My Top 5 Autistic Fictional Characters
  180. An Autistic Hiker’s Perspective on Self-Love
  181. Why Being Called “Dramatic” Is Both Completely Wrong and Psychologically Damaging to Autistic People
  182. Autistic Skill Sets: A Spiky Profile of Peaks and Troughs
  183. Father, Interrupted…
  184. A Mother’s Fight Against Court-Ordered ABA
  185. Angry, Mean Autistics Invading Autism Groups, Upsetting Parents
  186. Poem: They Called Me a Vulture
  187. Independence through Dependence: Why I Need a Communication Facilitator
  188. What Is It Like for An Autistic Parent to Raise a Non-Autistic Child?
  189. Virtually Real: VR and the Autistic Brain
  190. My Autist Manifesto
  191. The Failings of the Mental Health System for Autistic Women
  192. How I Would Free my Spectrum Daughter
  193. 10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Autism
  194. What Autistic Pride Means to Me
  195. No, Really, I’m Fine (on Alexithymia)
  196. Why I Choose Autistic Pride
  197. Wanting to be Alone and Together: A Paradox
  198. Poetry: Unmasking As Autistic Pride
  199. Life after autism diagnosis – what next?
  200. 10 Reasons We Need Autistic Pride
  201. How to Stop Biting Your Nails and Picking at Your Skin
  202. The Perils of Autism Awareness Articles
  203. Chains, a Poem by Elyana Ren
  204. I Wanted to “Cure My Autism,” Too– One Autistic Woman’s Story of Internalized Ableism
  205. Autistic Spectroscopy: Exploring what the “spectrum” means
  206. Autistic Communication Differences & How to Adjust for Them
  207. Destroying the “Lack of Empathy” Myth in the Wake of Bleach Enemas & Autistic Abuse
  208. Neurodiversity Hiring Initiatives: Are They Failing Autistics?
  209. In Pursuit of Understanding True Neurodiversity in Our Culture: Called to a Higher Country
  210. The Autistic Time Traveller
  211. What’s in a Word: Autism and White Privilege
  212. An Autistic Voice Teacher Reacts to Kodi Lee’s AGT’s Golden Buzzer
  213. 50 Things with PatrickMagpie – You Know You’re Autistic When & Small Talk Alternatives
  214. Announcement: New Page for Frequently Asked Questions
  215. ABA Rhetoric, Difficult Choices for Parents
  216. The Accidental Autistic
  217. 50 Ways Society Gaslights and Stonewalls Autistic People
  218. Autistic Uprising: a Neurodivergent Rebellion of Hearts and Minds
  219. Why Being Confused Is Absolutely Panic-Inducing for Most Autistics
  220. The Detriment of the Doubt
  221. Poetry: Don’t Tell Me
  222. “Your Child May be Neurotypical:” A Journey to Diagnosis
  223. Why Autistic Women Seem Two-Faced
  224. Ten Minutes of ADHD-ing or What a 1930s Anti-War Novel Has to do With Neurodiversity
  225. Autistic Character: An Unkindness of Ghosts
  226. Reader-Submitted Question: Helping autistic tween with explosive emotional reactions
  227. Building Bridges to Nowhere: On Workplace Best Practices for Keeping Autistic Persons Terminally Jobless
  228. Bias in Autism Research and The Neurotypical Advantage
  229. What’s the Motive, SpectrumNews.org?
  230. Alexithymia: What It’s Like to Not Know How You Feel
  231. The [Self] Diagnosis Debate: Part 2
  232. The Debate over an Autism Cure
  233. Mental Health Carnage: the Relentless Misunderstanding of Autistic Persons
  234. Chasing Coffins: Answering the Call to Stand in the Gap for Autistic Persons
  235. Short Story: The Gay Alexes and the Hivemind Party
  236. “Autism is a Spectrum” Doesn’t Mean What You Think
  237. Autistic In the Workplace: How Employers Can Get It Right
  238. Hate, Supremacy, Love, Autism, & What Makes Us Human
  239. Closing Our Autism Awareness Mouths
  240. “Why didn’t you tell me?” – On why anxiety stops us from sharing our struggles.
  241. Aspie Adulthood: The Tough Spot Between Being Unable to Work -and- Not Qualifying for Disability
  242. Sensory Survival: Living with hypersensitivity, overwhelm, & meltdowns
  243. Poetry: Diagnosis– my letter to the world who did not write to me
  244. Self-Love and Autistic Survival
  245. Watch Christa Holmans (Neurodivergent Rebel) & J. David Hall: A Community Conversation on Neurodiversity
  246. I Read The Script For #Puppetgate and It’s Worse Than We Thought.
  247. Programming, A Great Hobby for an Autistic Child
  248. Ten Things We Love about Being Autistic
  249. The Painfully High Price of Autistic Masking – Part 2
  250. The Ultimate Empathy Gap: Can Neurotypical-Autistic Pairings Truly Work?
  251. The Painfully High Price of Autistic Masking – Part 1
  252. Why Your Asperger’s-Neurotypical Relationship Is Failing
  253. Autism and Pregnancy: A Birth Experience
  254. Autism “Science”… Can Poo Milk Cure Autism?
  255. Person-First Language: What It Is, and When Not To Use It
  256. Weird Shit Happens When the Lights Go Out: Dating While Autistic
  257. Autism: Why I Don’t Do Eye Contact
  258. Poem: SSR Island
  259. Humanizing the DSM Diagnosis for Autism
  260. URGENT Call to Action: #StopTheShock This April 24th!!
  261. Autism Has Always Driven Progress
  262. Short Story: Constellation Prize
  263. Adult Autism: How I Learned To Stop Emoting & Love the Burnout
  264. Walking in the Autistic Eye of the Storm
  265. On Autistic Perfectionism
  266. Designing Diversity: Monster Mascots of the Autism Spectrum
  267. Exploring the Intersection of Autism and Trauma
  268. How to Change the World When You’re Tragically Flawed
  269. Autism: The [Self] Diagnosis Debate
  270. Non-Binary & Autistic: What’s that Like?
  271. What We Need from Our Neurotypical Allies
  272. 7 Cool Aspects of Autistic Culture
  273. A Community Elder at 40: Autistic Mortality
  274. How All Autistics Are Different… and How They Are the Same
  275. Autistic Communication: We’ll Paint By Numbers ’til Something Sticks
  276. My Journey to Self-Identification
  277. Review of Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer: a novel with an autistic protagonist
  278. The Cure for Autism
  279. Allism is on the Rise. Are Seatbelts to Blame?
  280. Autism and Accepting the Child You Have
  281. 10 Things Autistic People Wished You Knew about April & “Autism Awareness Month”
  282. On Neurodivergent Music Appreciation
  283. 20 Top Tips for Raising An Autistic Child
  284. It’s April, So It’s Time To Argue About Autism Speaks
  285. Invisible Abuse: ABA and the things only autistic people can see
  286. Is ABA Really “Dog Training for Children”? A Professional Dog Trainer Weighs In.
  287. Very Grand Emotions: How Autistics and Neurotypicals Experience Emotions Differently
  288. 5 Reasons Autism Rates Are on the Rise
  289. Self-Care: A Timeless Lesson of Need, Deprivation, and Consequence
  290. The Other 3 Senses You Never Knew Existed… But You Should!
  291. Poem: Anomaly
  292. Are Those Colors For Real?
  293. The Entanglement of Emotion on the Spectrum
  294. Fifty Ways to Commit Social Suicide
  295. The Fire Set Free: by Autistic Artist Ra Butler
  296. Bullying and Resignation
  297. One Who Cares
  298. My Metaphorical Penis – Tools, Toys, and Identity
  299. Sound and Fury
  300. My Species
  301. Dear Everyone, Please and Thank You. Signed, Your Autistic Loved One
  302. Food For Thought: Why do people have to divulge personal information to avoid hugs?
  303. Introducing 50 Things with Patrick Magpie
  304. An #ActuallyAutistic Review of ABC’s “The Good Doctor”
  305. What’s in a Word: Asperger’s and Hate Groups, or the Cassandras
  306. An Open Letter to The Spectator in Riposte to the Article Against Neurodiversity
  307. An open letter to the Spectator’s anti-neurodiversity article: THE DANGERS OF NEURODIVERSITY
  308. Forming Myself in Their Image: A Tale of My Shoggoth
  309. Searching for Identity in a Neurotypical World
  310. Three Simple Steps to Better Self Care
  311. Coming to Terms with my Diagnosis: Revelation not Resolution
  312. What’s in a Word: Asperger’s and Employers – A Case Study
  313. Don’t Call Me White
  314. What’s in a Word: Asperger’s and Employers
  315. Life-Saving Advice for Those Who See

2018 62

  1. What’s in a Word: Asperger’s and the APA
  2. An Open Letter to the Loved Ones of Someone Living with Anxiety & Depression
  3. Reactions to Late Autism Diagnosis
  4. Emotional Overload and Aspie Understanding
  5. A Life Illuminated
  6. Unintended Ableism: On Calling Men “Creepy”
  7. Family Response to Autism Diagnosis
  8. Growing up with Selective Mutism
  9. Bittersweet is My Favorite Word
  10. On Connection and Loss
  11. Hozier, Monomania, Monsters, Melville, Literature, Layers, & Movement
  12. Aspie Mishaps and Misunderstandings Examined: At Work – “Do I really have to be ‘that’ literal and direct with you?”
  13. On Asperger’s and Communication
  14. Isolation & Self-Help After an Autism Diagnosis
  15. An Autistic Father’s Letter to an Autistic Child
  16. A Funhouse of Horrors: 8 Ways Autism, OCD, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing Disorder, & Synesthesia Intersect
  17. Challenges and discrimination for autistic children in school
  18. The Return of an Old Stim
  19. Ode to Joy
  20. Part 5: My Personal Journey Through this Empathy Series
  21. It’s the Most Alienating Time of the Year
  22. I Don’t Regret You
  23. Shutdowns
  24. What It Means to Be Open-minded in a Divisive Nation
  25. Part 4: Empathy & Philosophy – Different Perspectives
  26. Verbal and Written Communication: The Disconnect
  27. A Creative Take on Sensory Processing: Conclusion
  28. A Creative Take on Sensory Processing: Part Three
  29. A Creative Take on Sensory Processing: Part Two
  30. A Creative Take on Sensory Processing: Part One
  31. A Song of Hope, A Man Abused
  32. Part 3 – Empathy & Philosophy: the Neurotypical Response
  33. Lies are Painful
  34. Part 2: Autism and Empathy – Feedback
  35. Bad Poetry, a Mask, & Truth
  36. Part 1: Autism & Empathy – A Case Study
  37. Aspie Job Interview Tactics: Going in Unmasked
  38. Asperger’s and Marriage: He’s Always Looking for Debate
  39. This Little Mask-Erade Is Over
  40. Where Did I Park? : The Neurodivergent Musician
  41. If I Would Have Known I had Asperger’s
  42. (Un)Diagnosed Adults On The Autism Spectrum
  43. Parenting on the Spectrum
  44. Neurotypical Advocacy & Allies of People on the Spectrum
  45. An Open Letter to Non-Autistic Friends & Family
  46. Parenting the Autism Spectrum: A Love Song
  47. Aspergese 101: On Taking Things Literally and Mind Blindness
  48. The Jar Principle: On Over-Stimulation & Social Exhaustion
  49. The Time Trials of Jonathon Hood
  50. Allism Spectrum Disorders: A Parody
  51. On Autistic Special Interests and My Love for Plants
  52. On sense and sensitivity: sensory phenomena in autism
  53. A Girl on the Spectrum – The Outside of the Outside
  54. The Evil Twin
  55. A Man Unmasked
  56. What Autism Means to Me
  57. Asperger’s and Empathy: Shifting Away from Dated Misconceptions
  58. Why Adult Autistics Aren’t Being Diagnosed: A Human Rights Crisis
  59. Autism and Friendships Part 1: The Polish of a One-Winged Albatross
  60. Autism and Friendships Part 2: 30 Ways to be a Friend to a Person on the Spectrum
  61. Autism and Friendships: Adding Color to your Spectrum
  62. Function Labels: And We’re Supposed to be The Awkward Ones…